Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-02-25
FASHIONS WINS.
The Newest Materials and Oolors for Ess
Variety OF Toilets.

The Newest Materials and Uolors for Essi +,
Variety OF Toilets.
The English Guards cap. made o,
velvet, is worn with English jackets Of
iilely-checked tweed finished with D
monks hood.
The newest expensive material tor
we lding robes is a white velvet bro
caded Bengaline or failis Franchise.
An exquisite gown made by Redfern,
of Paris, has petticoat of pale apricot
satin trimmed with old Venetian lace,
apparently yellow with age. There Is
a panel down each side of the frort
composed OF apricot satin, brocadcd
with small gay flowers in velvet. The
colors of these blossoms are marvellous
~ delicate, with many Of the petals
wrought with gold and silver threads.
The bodice and train are of dark moss
green velvet, the latter lined with APP
ple-green satin. One side of the train
is trimmed with cascades of VenG-
tian lace, mingled with artificial flow
ers exactly matching those of the bro
cade. The bodice opens in V-shape
front and back, the space thus left be-
ing yelled with Venct an net.
1t has again become very fashionable
TO wear wells as q protection against
the harsh northern winds. A gossamer
veil is the best preserver of the conf
plexion just now, and far more efficient
than the flimsy net completion
wells. as they are termed. Yet even
these afford slight protection against
the cutting gales and so are not to be
wholly despised. Women who elect
for the long English walks of miles
in length and hours in duration are adj
vised not to indulge in the fashionable
red wells, for under the joint influence
of the wind and this color the human
countenance acquires a depth of tone
highly suggestive of erysipelas in its
last stages.
A Partisan furrier has invented
new sort Of trimming which he calls
Vigogne fur. 1t is soft and fluffy, and
its color is a pale smoke gray. Its
effect is said to be very handsome
upon gowns of white or heliotrope
satin, aud the fur is made very gen
eral substitute for swansdown upon
various evening wraps and toilets.
The new tint of Neapoltan violet
is lovely indeed, but few who study the
becoming may venture to adopt it. A
rich costume worn at matinee re-
Gently, charming in itself, but by no
means complimentary to the wearcr,
was made Of faille Franchise of this
shade, combined with velvet of n
deeper color. En- suite was a princesse
bonnet of soflest velvet like mauye
felt trimmed with velvet loops and
and clusters of Neapolran violcts with
gold and purple hearts. The narrow
strings were of violet velvet. The
bodice was Of the faille, with vest OF
the velvet. A dark brown fur pelerine,
with narrow stole fronts, was the only
extra covering added, when the play
was over, and the wearcr left the
heated auditorium.
A dressy bodice for evening wear
consists of short rounding or Russian
iacket of velvet, sleeveless aud elegant
ly bead-embroidercd, beneath which
shows shirred waistccat made of the
daintiest cream-white point iosprii
lace or net. or of Persian null laid IN
softest folds over the shoulders and mar
rowed at the belt From here the null
falls loosely around the hips, forming
airy folds beneath the edges Of the vel
vet jacket, which only reaches 10 the
waist. The lace vest is crossed witt
straps of ead-cmbroidered velvet
~ Y. Post